Metropolitan Life, Fran Lebowitz, E. P. Dutton, 1978, Near Fine w/DJ

Lebowitz, Fran. Metropolitan Life (New York: E. P. Dutton, 1978).

English, a Near Fine book in a Near Fine dust jacket, HC, 8vo, 8 1/4" x 5 1/4," 177 pp.

ISBN: 0525155627

Near Fine red-orange paper-covered boards backed with black cloth. Gilt lettering on book spine. Covers have light age toning and slight wear to extremities, else pristine and intact, binding tight. Near Fine red, orange, and yellow paper dust jacket. White lettering on red, orange, and yellow dust jacket spine. Dust jacket has light age toning and slight wear to extremities, else pristine and intact, not price-clipped. Dust jacket protected in a paper-backed Mylar sleeve. Pages have light age toning, else pristine and intact. "A Henry Robbins Book." The first book by American author Fran Lebowitz (b. 1950). It became a best-seller. This book is a collection of witty and comedic essays, most of which were first published in Mademoiselle and Interview magazines. Lebowitz gives her take on a variety of subjects from her own life to American culture, ranging from "modern sports," disco, children, "success without college," digital clocks and pocket calculators, Mars, houseplants, and jewelry.